The annual lecture this year was given by Professor Warwick Rodwell, OBE, Consultant Archaeologist to the Dean & Chapter of Westminster Abbey and formerly Cathedral Archaeologist to Wells, Bristol and Lichfield, as well as serving on the Fabric Advisory Committees for Salisbury and Exeter. He is also on the Council for the Care of Churches and the Cathedrals Advisory Commission for England. His lecture is entitled "Researching architectural history through archaeology: the case of Westminster Abbey". Professor Rodwell’s publications include ‘The Archaeology of Churches’ (4th edition 2012), ‘The Lantern Tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010’ (2010) and ‘The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone: History, Archaeology and Conservation’ (Oxbow, 2013).